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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



and, at the present time, it is very difficult 

 for a Dandie that is not reasonably sound 

 as to legs and feet to win much distinction. 

 We used to be told that a Dandie's feet 

 should be turned out to the side, so as to 

 enable him the more readily to follow his 

 prey below ground, the apostles of this 

 creed pointing to the mole and to its 

 formation of foot. But we have not heard 

 so much of the necessity for the Dandie's 



MR. M. P. LUCAS'S CH. MILVERTON KING 



BY CALLUM BEG QUEEN IE. 



feet to be turned out to the side since it 

 was pointed out that the fox and the 

 badger, the rabbit and the rat, all have 

 straight feet, and yet they all excel at 

 making their way below ground ! 



For my own part I am inclined to think 

 that the theory really owed its origin to 

 the difficulty of breeding and rearing 

 Dandies whose feet have not a tendency 

 to turn out to the side ; the weight of the 

 long body of the animal naturally inclines 

 the feet that way. But a straight, sound 

 foot is certainly more pleasing to the eye 

 than a crooked one, and far more service- 

 able to the dog, so it is most devoutly 

 to be hoped that the theory of the advo- 

 cates of the " mole " formation of foot 

 may never gain any ground. 



It should always be remembered that the 

 Dandie, about whom " The Wizard of the 

 North " casts such a halo of romance, was 

 originally a hardy, working terrier, of most 

 indomitable pluck, and it was owing to 

 these good qualities, coupled with his 



somewhat quaint appearance, that he ob- 

 tained such popularity. It therefore behoves 

 the admirers and breeders of the Dandie 

 at the present, day to see to it that he loses 

 nothing of his fitness and capability to 

 perform the duties that should fall to the 

 lot of a hardy sporting terrier. He must 

 be bred not too big and heavy, he must 

 have a good, thick weather-resisting coat, 

 sound legs and feet, and, above everything 

 else, a sound constitution ; then, provided 

 always that he is properly educated and 

 entered to his work, he will be found as 

 capable of performing it as he was in the 

 days of James Davidson. But those who 

 want to use their terriers for work should 

 bear in mind Davidson's advice about 

 " entering " them to it. 



I believe that there are very few breeds 

 of the dog in which the appearance and 



MR. M. P. LUCAS'S CH. MILVERTON LADY 



BY KELSO SCOUT MAYFIELD LILY 



Photographs by Lippiatt, Leamington. 



outward characteristics of the race have 

 remained so unchanged from early days as 

 in the case of the Dandie Dinmont Terrier. 

 A comparison of the pictures contained in 

 Mr. Cook's book, more particularly the 

 portraits of Border Queen, whelped in 1877, 

 and of Tweedmouth, who was whelped in 

 1879, with the portraits of the best speci- 

 mens of the present day, will show that the 

 type now is much what it was some thirty 

 or so years ago. 



We have all of us heard of terriers who 

 have made a great name for themselves as 



